On River Road (Pennsylvania Route 3030) 0.1 miles south of Safe Harbor Road, on the right when traveling south.
The Conestoga Indians lived in scattered settlements along this stream. They were the last of the once mighty Susquehannocks. Their final location was the Conestoga Indian Town which was along the road leading to Creswell. William Penn visited the . . . — — Map (db m160253) HM
Near River Rd at Frey Farm Landfill Entrance, on the right when traveling south.
In 1749 at the age of 10 Ulrich Rieber left Ebingen Germany for America and the territory of Pennsylvania.
He lived in Philadelphia until the age of 19 when he traveled West to Lancaster and built a house on a spring close to this location. . . . — — Map (db m213286) HM
Near River Road, 0.5 miles south of Anchor Road, on the right when traveling south.
When construction began in 1903, no other section of the Pennsylvania Railroad's (PRR) A&S Branch likely seemed as improbable as that along the western boundary of Manor Township. There was no existing path sufficient to the purpose of two-track, . . . — — Map (db m160247) HM
Near River Road, 0.5 miles south of Anchor Road, on the right when traveling south.
The Atglen & Susquehanna Branch was constructed (1903-1906) by the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) as the middle segment of its Low Grade Line, an ambitious through-freight route which extended some 140 miles from Morrisville Yard near Trenton, New . . . — — Map (db m171780) HM
On Safe Harbor Road at Indian Marker Road, on the right when traveling north on Safe Harbor Road.
The Conestoga Indians
in origin largely the survivors
of the defeated ancient
Susquehannas or Minquas
of Iroquoian stock
located their village
variously on these lands
in the Penn Proprietary
Manor of Conestoga
chiefly . . . — — Map (db m161269) HM
On Water Street (Pennsylvania Route 441) 0.1 miles south of Manor Street, on the left when traveling south.
Maryland's charter, granted in 1632, included old Philadelphia since it made the 40th parallel, which crosses the river near this point, her northern boundary. This charter conflicted with the charter given William Penn in 1681. After more than . . . — — Map (db m15042) HM
On River Road (Pennsylvania Route 3030) 0.3 miles south of Blue Rock Road, on the right when traveling south.
This was the chief trail used by the Minqua (Susquehannock) Indians to carry great wealth in beaver skins to the white settlements on the Delaware during the mid-seventeenth century. The Swedes, Dutch and English warred for the control of this trade. — — Map (db m160246) HM
On River Road (Pennsylvania Route 441) at Charlestown Road, on the right when traveling south on River Road.
Noted indian trader and interpreter
in early Pennsylvania and Maryland
Frenchman from Canada
who resided
at Fort St. Louis
of the Sieur de la Salle
in present Illinois, 1684-1690
A leader thence of the Shawnee Indians
to Maryland, . . . — — Map (db m161069) HM
On River Road, 0.1 miles south of Penn Street (Pennsylvania Route 999), on the left when traveling south.
This area contains one of the highest concentrations of archaeological sites in Pennsylvania. The sites range from small camps to large villages and cover 11,000 years of Native American culture. the largest villages were built by the Susquehannocks . . . — — Map (db m159514) HM